Sunday, May 7, 2017

How Acupuncture Works: A Biomedical Overview

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In biomedical terms, acupuncture is a needling technique that restores internal homeostasis. As Christian Nix and Paul Raford state, acupuncture accomplishes this by “down-regulating a hyperactive sympathetic nervous system, thus disrupting and modulating the stress response”. A hyperactive system has a number of adverse effects, such as: Increased blood pressure and heart rate Increased emotional […]

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